[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 613 Introduced in House (IH)]






107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 613

Honoring the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, and 
                                mentor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2002

 Mr. Honda (for himself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Wu, Mr. Schiff, 
   Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Stark, Mr. Filner, Mr. Waxman, and Mrs. 
 Napolitano) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, and 
                                mentor.

Whereas Dr. Chang-Lin Tien was the first Asian Pacific American to head a major 
        research university in the United States as Chancellor of University of 
        California-Berkeley for 7 years;
Whereas Dr. Tien received his bachelor's degree at National Taiwan University, a 
        masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of 
        Louisville, and a masters degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering 
        from Princeton University;
Whereas Dr. Tien joined the University of California-Berkeley faculty in 1959, 
        and in 1962, at the age of 26, became the youngest professor to receive 
        University of California-Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award;
Whereas Dr. Tien pioneered the fields of thermal radiation in gases and 
        microscale heat transfer and was internationally recognized with 
        numerous honors in his field, including the Max Jakob Memorial Award in 
        1981, the highest international honor in his field;
Whereas Dr. Tien became one of the youngest members of the National Academy of 
        Engineering in 1976, and in 2001 was awarded the Academy's Founders 
        Award for members who have made lifelong contributions to engineering 
        and whose accomplishments have benefited United States citizens;
Whereas Dr. Tien developed a wide range of partnerships between academia and 
        government, business, and community, both in the United States and 
        abroad;
Whereas Dr. Tien was committed to fostering communication between the East and 
        the West to promote the values of democracy and freedom across the world 
        as an active member of the Pacific Council on International Democracy 
        and the Council on Foreign Relations;
Whereas Dr. Tien served as a leader in various capacities, including his 
        appointment as member of the National Science Board, chairman of the San 
        Francisco Bay Area Economic Forum, member of the National Commission on 
        Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and chairman of 
        the Asia Foundation;
Whereas Dr. Tien served on the first board of directors of the Asian Pacific 
        American Institute for Congressional Studies, an organization that seeks 
        to empower Asian Pacific Americans and functions as a resource for 
        Congress about the Asian Pacific American community;
Whereas Dr. Tien tirelessly supported student diversity, and in 1995, launched 
        the Berkeley Pledge, a partnership program between the University of 
        California Berkeley and California's public schools that later became 
        the model for the national ``Gear-Up'' project, serving over 1,000,000 
        low-income students nationwide since its inception in 1998; and
Whereas, as Chancellor, Dr. Tien maintained and raised the University of 
        California-Berkeley and its programs to the top in the Nation, despite 
        California's lagging economy and decreased State funding for the 
        university, by launching the most ambitious fundraising drive of the 
        time for the University of California-Berkeley, raising more than 
        $975,000,000 to support students and faculty through scholarships, 
        professorships, research funds, and facilities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the life of Dr. 
Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, and mentor, on the occasion 
of his death, and extends its condolences to the Tien family and to the 
faculty, staff, and students of the University of California-Berkeley.
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